Using a detailed case, the author demon­strates the complexity of long-term homeopathic treatment of severe pathology, based on the treatment concept of the Swiss hospital Clinica Santa Croce. For a child with a severe heart defect, the remedies Crotalus horridus, Lachesis, Laurocerasus, Carbo vegetabilis, and Arnica prove particularly helpful. With Calcium carbonicum as the constitutional remedy, the boy developed remarkably well despite his illness, multiple operations, and multiple complications, until he died at the age of three from the effects of a further major operation.

Philipp Lehrke: The immortality beloved cannot die

Using a detailed case, the author demon­strates the complexity of long-term homeopathic treatment of severe pathology, based on the treatment concept of the Swiss hospital Clinica Santa Croce. For a child with a severe heart defect, the remedies Crotalus horridus, Lachesis, Laurocerasus, Carbo vegetabilis, and Arnica prove particularly helpful. With Calcium carbonicum as the constitutional remedy, the boy developed remarkably well despite his illness, multiple operations, and multiple complications, until he died at the age of three from the effects of a further major operation.